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Captain-to-captain teamwork put Harvard on the board early when McAuliffe managed a breakaway off fellow co-captain and blueliner Angela Ruggiero’s up-ice feed and notched a goal past the left leg of Germain at 5:48 in the first period...
...campaign ahead of Taiwan's march 20 presidential election, incumbent Chen Shui-bian has gone far beyond his predecessors in saying the island is an autonomous nation, not a breakaway province destined to be reunited with China. In addition, Chen has angered Beijing by planning to hold a controversial referendum on cross-strait issues on election day. In contrast, the main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), argues that warmer relations with China will benefit Taiwan's economy. Chen explained his stance last week to TIME's Executive Editor for Asia, Anthony Spaeth, and reporters Andrew Perrin and Joyce Huang...
...ordinary Russians, the scenes of carnage were numbingly familiar, yet another reminder of how dangerous the country has become since President Vladimir Putin came to power. While Putin has imposed draconian curbs on the media and created a tame Parliament, he has not been able to pacify Chechnya, the breakaway republic whose separatists were swiftly blamed for the subway bombing. In 1999 Putin, then a new and little-known Prime Minister, made his name by ordering the reinvasion of Chechnya. Military commanders promised a speedy victory; instead, a radical, fundamentalist wing of the guerrilla movement has brought...
Then, a little over six minutes later, freshman forward Liza Solley—who had assisted on Cahow’s tally—helped spark a stunning breakaway goal by co-captain defenseman Angela Ruggiero on a delayed penalty in order to put the Crimson ahead 2-0 before the first intermission...
Were it not for exemplary goaltending from Keni Gibson, Du would’ve scored the game-tying goal on a 3-on-2 with six minutes left, or on an uncontested breakaway with 3:15 left, or on a 2-on-1 shortly thereafter. Du finished with four shots on goal and continued to display his playmaking skills on the team’s third line, between sophomore Dan Murphy and fellow freshman Ryan Maki...